Pelvic Floor Muscle Training and Hypopressive Exercises for Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Federal University of São Paulo

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Treatments: Other: Exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01196598

1978/07

Details and patient eligibility

About

To verify if pelvic floor muscle training program and/or a hypopressive exercise program could improve women with stage II of pelvic organ prolapse, their symptoms or pelvic floor muscle strength.

Full description

To verify if three months of an exercise program could improve stage II of pelvic organ prolapse, as a conservative treatment.

Enrollment: 84 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 40 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• women with stage II of pelvic organ prolapse, preferably symptomatic and not to be submitted to surgery to correct pelvic organ prolapse during the study

Exclusion criteria

• Neuromuscular diseases and use of hormonal therapy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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84 participants in 4 patient groups

PFMT group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Women who undergo to three months of a pelvic floor muscle training program.

Treatment:

Other: Exercises

HE + PFM group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Women who undergo to three months of a hypopressive exercises plus pelvic floor muscle contraction program.

Treatment:

Other: Exercises

HE group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Women who undergo to three months of a hypopressive exercises program.

Treatment:

Other: Exercises

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Women who undergo to a session for lifestyle advice.

Treatment:

Other: Exercises